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Glossary of Terms
CDBG - Community Development Block Grants
Continuum of Care - A HUD mandated planning process that reviews and assesses services to the homeless on an annual basis and provides a consolidated recommendation for HUD funding of services to the homeless in the community.
CSH - Corporation for Supportive Housing
CSL - Community Services League, an auxiliary that provides funding for the program of the Mental Health Association.
Disabled - a person who has been determined to be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Supplemental Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits. If not receiving or deemed eligible for benefits, a person would by meeting the following: (1) having a physical, mental or emotional impairment which is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration; substantially impedes his or her ability to live independently; and is of such nature that such ability could be improved by more suitable housing conditions; or (2) has a developmental disability; or (3) has AIDS or conditions arising from its etiological effects.
EHAP - Emergency Housing Assistance Program which is funded through the California State Department of Housing and Community Development.
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
HCD - Housing and Community Development
Homeless - Sleeping in an emergency shelter, sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation such as cars, parks, sidewalks, etc., or living in transitional housing for homeless persons, having come from a shelter or place not meant for human habitation.
HOPWA - Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS, funding received through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
HUD - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Serious mental illness is defined as a client's mental illness which must be severe in degree and persistent in duration; may cause behavioral functioning that interferes substantially with the primary activities of daily living; and may result in an inability to maintain stable adjustment and independent functioning without treatment, support and rehabilitation for a long or indefinite period of time. Individuals identified with a serious mental illness typically have a DSM-IV diagnosis with a significant impairment related to the diagnosis or the probability of significant deterioration or lack of developmental progress.
Shelter Plus Care - HUD funding for housing choice vouchers through a local Housing Authority for individuals who are homeless and disabled.
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